WHY DOES THIS MOVIE EXIST?!!! 

I love how you just straight up DO NOT explain why he’s being chased by the French Police because you honestly don’t need to when the one being chased looks like that

With that group of like...a dozen full grown adults, they could have easily all worked together to move that tree enough to drive through

Being French maybe I can bring some context to how Arthur and the Invisibles (and Luc Besson's work more generally) is perceived by my baguette loving peers. Despite the international bad reception, the first three installments of this saga were a massive hit in France when they came out. Almost every French kid who grew up in the 2000's liked them or at least knew about them (I personally always found them uncanny to watch but that's just my opinion). You see, in France Luc Besson was always seen as "this French director who wants to make Hollywood movies", so when one of his movies came out in France during his prime years, it was a pretty big deal for the French public. People were curious to see that French cinema could be something other than brainy movies with complicated stories and little to no action (and what better way to do it than to copy and paste the basic Hollywood blockbuster formula into your movie, rather than trying to do something original amiright?) All of this aside, if you're not aware, Besson is a disgusting person. He's known for having done very concerning things, including tricking minor women into having relationships with him (but that's a story that deserves a whole essay), and stealing ideas from other creators. Because he has this huge place in the French cinema industry nonetheless, he founded his own cinema school (which thankfully closed a few years ago). The film "Arthur Malédiction" is the result of a contest that Besson organized for students in his school. The goal was for students to submit original ideas and pitches for a spin-off movie set in the Arthur and the Invisibles universe. They were promised money I think and an active role in the creative process of the movie, if their ideas were to win the contest. None of the students won, because Besson claimed that none of their ideas were what he was looking for. Turns out he stole major plot points from some student's ideas. None of them were rewarded, paid, nor credited. So yeah, that was my little rant about the piece of garbage that is Luc Besson haha :') Great video btw, I recently discovered your channel and I've been binging all your videos for a week now! Keep going I love your work! Edit : Oh my bad you mentioned the "marrying a minor" situation at the very end oops 😖

"The unapologetic fetishization of female trauma" is actually the most accurate definition of Luc Besson's filmography I have ever heard. 💀

I think part of the problem with this movie is that the director couldn’t decide if he wanted it to be a supernatural horror movie, or a slasher film

As ludicrous as the whole setup is, it's nice that his friend support his special interest. That's true friendship, right there.

I'm utterly amazed, there are so many ways a horror adaptation could've gone and... They go with teenage hadcore larpers???? Whut

You suffered through an hour and 27 minutes of terrible writing and horrible voice over so I could enjoy 17 of the happiest minute I'll experience today. Thank you for your sacrifice ❤️

Fun Fact, the German dub had an equally star-filled voice acting ensemble, with the front guy from Tokio Hotel voicing the main character, which is the entire basis of the marketing in Germany.

okay to be fair as an autistic teen surrounded by other autistic teens this is totally the kind of thing we would all genuinely do and get excited about.

I absolutely loved arthur and the minimois and I would've sold my own brother to get into that creepy as hell world as a cute little elf thing

Bro met the creepypasta community and made up his mind on how young people vibe

THE FACT THAT HE IS A LITERAL PEDOPHILE WAS JUST CASUALLY THROWN IN AT THE END CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD 💀💀

9:02 as someone who has been camping with friends using multiple tents, you can hear everything. Literally everything. Anyone not blasting music though headphones would be able to hear them

I have a very hard time believing there was enough Arthur and the Invisibles merchandise that his friends would be able to keep finding new gifts for him every birthday.

BEST. MOVIE. EVER. unironically based all my childhood personality on that alone

You want to make this worse? He only married his young wife because she was pregnant at 16 and he claimed that their relationship inspired Besson's film Léon (1994), where the plot involved the emotional relationship between an adult man and a 12-year-old girl.

you really reawakened a childhood interest again, these movies really were something special for like no reason.

As someone who was obessed with fairies as a kid (which then evolved into a hyperfixaion on fey and supernatural creatures) artur was two of my favorite movies! I never saw the last moive, nor did I read the book but those movies and its aesthetic just Did Something for my brain. That scene in the first movie where they sleep in a flower was wish fullfilment to the max for me. Other movies I was obsessed with was the tinkerbell/disneys fairies (though I rarely read the comics and never got my hands on any of the books...) As well as the barbie movies about fairies and mermaids.

I am howling with laughter. This film is a tapestry of WTF moments and your commentary is perfect.

I think you didn’t mention it but the actress that play the love interest (the girl that I forget the name) is HIS DAUGHTER! So yeah that made everything WORST

for some reason him taking his glasses off when he hears a noise is the funniest thing ever to me

If you want a fun fact only french people care about, at the begining Luc Besson wanted to make this horror movie because the house where the firsts movies were shoot still exists, it's in France and it's on one of Luc Besson propriety and a lot of teenagers who thought the house was abandonned would go there (like in the horror movie) so this movie was to discourage people to go to the house 🥴 And honestly, the english dub is almost good compare to the original french acting 😂 trust me !

10:28 "Oh what is that sound? Here, let me take my glasses off, they're annoying" "Oh wait right I cant see"

I think i never have hated a movie so much. There is literally too many examples of Why its a bad movie. I could talk all day😭

I watched the movie as a kid and it traumatized me so much. That scene where Arthur shrinks down through that telescope really freaked me out. Mr director did not need to make a horror spinoff when the first one is already creepy enough

The Stardew Valley sound effects at 0:58 sent me. It was subtle, but what you did to Jimmy Fallen there was pure genius and you need to be recognized for it. lol

okay so im buying this movie to get drunk and see what the hell that drunk reviewer was on to

If you watch the French version of Arthur and the Invisibles it gives the same vibes of this horror movie Lots of cut scenes, plenty of wildly inappropriate jokes and you're left with the same question if you've seen all three movies: Why?

I absolutely loved this movie, but when i rewatched it i was not met with the same joy i was once filled with, instead it was pure FEAR. the character designs are just terrifying

for a long time i thought it was just a dream i had as a child because i couldnt find it on netflix anymore it was freaking amazing 😭 also in one of the movies Pokerface played in the credits and ive never heard it before and didnt know it was an actual song so i listened to the credits over and over

As a french, most of us do not claim Luc Besson He has a tendency of making absolute cringe with a ridiculously high budget and all-star casts and has a George Lucas effect (i.e. people who work with him tend to just do as he says without questioning too much, even when it is peak cringe) Plus... yeah, what you said at the end about his marriage

11:34 maybe ketamine? It’s a horse tranquilizer, Maybe Sam could be a vet and have readily access to it. Or Sam could do drugs I dunno just saying

honestly its nice that even though the main character is a freak for arthur all his friends support him and enable his addiction

My friends and I went to see it at the theater when it came out we were literally the only ones in the room, no one else was there which never happened in the 20+ years I've been there, we spent the entire time making fun of it and making up various headcanons for the characters, it was quite honestly one of the best times I ever had watching a movie for all the wrong reasons

12:30 the cut to black at the end of that scene was like in shows where they pause for the audience to laugh, but instead it paused for the audience to sigh wearily

The fact that I've seen the first film so many times throughout my life but never knew until watching this video that there were more is kinda baffling

I love how most of your content is social media analysis, and then there's this oddball review of an obscure film. I genuinely love it.

i had all three movies on my play station portable, i would OBSESSIVELY watch the movie over and over and over again so many times

I was listening to this while doing other things and was legitimately caught off guard by the "101 Irish Wolfhounds" joke. I grew up with wolfhounds so when I rewinded the video and saw there actually were wolfhounds I got a little excited. 10/10 movie. Haven't actually seen it.

“married a 15 year old when he was in HIS 30s!!!!” I don’t know why but that delivery was great

"so terrible even the French hate it" god i love your content, never change frogperson

It was also my favorite growing up!!! I love Arthur and the invisibles , hunny I shrunk the kids, astro boy, and James and the giant peach!

Honestly I loved 3 Arthur movies as a kid. I rewatched them so much 😊 I had no idea there was a weird horror spinoff.

the fact that david bowie voices in it automatically makes it the best movie ever so who cares about bad reviews!!!!

I have never seen someone express this much rage because of a bad movie

I've been embarrassed as a french, but never as much as this movie made me

As a high schooler working on a film, I can confidently say that even though I’d have no budget, and my special effects and actors AND writing would be worse, I’d still be able to MAKE A BETTER MOVIE THAN THIS 😭

So I decided to look Besson up after you mentioned his dubious past and HOLY SH1T?! 0_o

4:06 Wdym ''Even the french hate it ?'' In France it's like a tradition to hate every movie we produce

6 minutes in and i'm headcanoning the main guy as autistic with the arthur series as his special interest!! it makes me happy to see him having such supportive friends:) i sure hope nothing bad happens to them! edit: oh

5:46 that scream is visceral

To be completely honest, I thought this entire movie was a fever dream I have when I was seven, I never heard anyone talk about it, and it was just so strange, that I thought my fucked up little seven year old mind thought it up when I was sick.

The fact that an Arthur movie with horror elements could have so many potentials to be really good 😮‍💨 I was obsessed with the trilogy as a child (I had a fat crush on Freddie Highmore lmao) so the fact that this exists is driving me crazy. It sounds crazy. It sounds completely unreal. I feel like watching this will completely destroy last pieces that made the og films good; and that's hanging by a thread lol

This franchise haunts me. I haven't actually watched any of the films since I was, at oldest, 7 years old and I don't remember anything about them apart from some character designs and a scene with a giant ant. I haven't heard what's been up with it for years, but it still kept popping up. One example is the children's area in this one pizzeria in my hometown that has pictures of the characters there for some reason unknown to me. I was curious when looking into this (really well done) video, but NOTHING could have prepared me for any of this. The Arthur lore runs deeper than I ever expected. I am afraid.

How bad was the group chat drama that they all didn’t care about all the deaths 😟

I'm binging your content in order to hide away from reality ..so I loved Arthur..but I have this specific memory of the scene where he's being tied up for the ritual and they're pulling at him and he's screaming his lungs out in agony while a bunch of adult men chanted in unison continuing the torture of this young child, only for him to be reduced to a golden goop to get into that hole and become the elf..and that gave me so many nightmares, I actively tried to block out that scene by just looking at the elf parts so my love for fae and elven folks and just whimsical things wouldn't die with the rest of my childhood innocence. I'm also South African ..and Jesus Christ the depiction of African tribes 😭😭 it's also 2:38am rn and I am reliving the very same nightmare fuel. 😭Anyways, hahaha✨❤️🔥🌈 I love your content and I'm glad I subscribed.🥀🎉

I was a huge Tokio Hotel fan as a kid. So when this movie was released in Germany and Bill Kaulitz was the voice actor of the main character, it was a must watch for me. Amazing that nearly 20 years later that’s the only thing I remember about this movie.

As someone who lives in the french speaking part of the very little country next to France and has to suffer every year through lots of very bad French trailers by very weirdass productors, you have no idea how happy I am to know that sometimes, people from all over the Ocean have to suffer through it as well. Thank you ♡

Arthur and the invisibles was my favourite movie as a kid and I’m very happy that I’ve never seen this horror version 🤣 thanks for watching it for us

I SWEAR DID YOU KNOW I WAS HAVING A BAD DAY OR SUM YOUR VIDS ARE SO FUNNY AND ALWAYS CHEER MY UP ❤❤❤

I used to have this DVD, and for years and years I thought this was a fever dream, I never realized that other people knew about it.

I genuinely screamed aloud "Wait what?" 1:50 As i was not expecting that turn into absurdity.

Finally someone is talking about this fever dream of a trilogy a loved these movies as a kid and nostalgia hits hard....but man the CGI didn't age well

I lovedddd this movie omg and the animation always felt so special. I never knew if had such a star studded cast lol. I must rewatch this as an adult

14:28 I have never seen a more literal example of Chekhov's Gun in any movie

I was a whole sentient teenager when this came out, and whenever I bring it up no one remembers it except me. Im so glad to see someone else recalls this film

12:33 the just silence😭

this movie traumatized me as a kid I literally had nightmares about it

It was one of the few movies of my childhood that I actually remembered. And the "unique" art style was a part of it (I actually like how it looked).

17:27 what a way to end the video with one of the popular songs for animation memes

Omg Arthur and the invisible brings back memories, It was one of my favorites, i Remember my grandpa went out and bought it for my family to watch together which was pretty wholesome considering he is a Grumpy old man, Good times

I had no idea there were other movies. Child me would've loved watching the spinoffs (excluding the horror movie). Adult me might even like them, too. I love mini worlds and the idea of being able to live in them, and I'm pretty sure it came from watching Arthur and the Invisibles, as well as Smurfs and a couple other shows and csrtoons I watched but can't fully remember. I loved the idea of becoming a Minimoy, but I wasn't good enough at making up stories for me to insert myself into at the time that my brain lost interest in it after a while.

I can't believe this exists. It all sounds like a bad Lost Episode creepypasta except this is all real! All by the original creator nonetheless. Thank you for doing your service FFB

I really like this style of content you are making , your humor from your tiktok videdos and the you flow through each and every single sentense and or word is just brilliant I have binch watched all the commenty esc ones and I will probs do the same with the gaming ones while drawing lol

It was my fav movie, I also watched this horror one and at the end i was like "what did yall do to my childhood.."

"Why? Because I'm black?!🤬👹" funniest line in the whole movie

“Why does this movie exist?” Well, when a mummy movie and daddy movie get together and they like each other a lot…

*aggressively watches everything Arthur related like it's drugs and im an addict*

I got a freaking calm app ad as they were screaming about the stuff being left in the house. I died a thousand times over

I was not at all prepared for that plot twist at the end of the video but i can’t say I’m surprised

As a French I thank you for your sacrifice. (Also, bloody hell, Luc Besson writing a teenager talking about her growing body is so SO disturbing, even though at this point this is on character for him)

Omg arthur was also one of my absolute favorites to watch as a tween. I didnt think much as i listened to this video, until you said minimois and that just spiraled my brain into long forgotten childhood memories.

If I remember correctly, Bill Kaulitz, the singer of Tokio Hotel, was the voice actor of the main character (Arthur, I suppose?) in the German version of Arthur. I never watched the movie because it looked so damn creepy. Gave me massive uncanny valley vibes. I can't believe they made a fucking horror movie out of it?? This is so weird, it feels unreal.

barely anyone knows about these movies and I sound crazy whenever I try to talk about them💀

I loved the original movie as a child and completely forgot about it, omg. It is so much worse than I could have even imagined, back then.

OH MY WORD I LOVED ARTHUR AS A KID, I watched that movie so many times when I was younger

This movie was a hit here in Denmark. Everyone knows the movie and has seen it. It's a cultural meme here

0:04 no can't, I remember liking it so much as a child but I forgot the name so I could never find it again.

Regarding 16:00 ish , the worst me and my cousin ever did was at night while hanging outside we wanted to scare drivers for fun and pretended to have him kick me while i was laying down (he never made any contact me, but since it was so dark drivers couldnt tell) i remember we thought it was funny people would speed away once they saw us, only one person legit pulled over immediately and asked if we were okay lol. Actually stabbing each other? Helluva game

16:33 Shit, I was playing Minecraft/in the nether when that pig sound played, and it almost made me jump into the lava. 😂😂

0:05 Nah I'm not gonna lie I thought it was funny when I was a kid(and I still kinda do lol)

5:34 after watching this clip, I actually screamed into a pillow. I also screamed at Hannibal with cat ears-

Great video! I'm SO bamboozled the original movie flopped in the US cause in France it was a pretty big deal! We've got theme park rides that are Arthur themed! That's fascinating!

It do be a tism dream to have friends so supportive of your special interest like his are 😂

"He kills the remaining cosplayers" a sentence that can both be said by a news reporter about a horrible incident and FunkyFrogBait when talking about a horrible Horror Film 😂

10:22 when people who don't understand why people wear glasses makes a movie, you get scenes like this. "Lemme take off my glasses as a stranger approaches me in a freaky forest" is something that would never go through our mind 😂

10:38 It's been way too long since I've seen that clip! "Da Vinky?" XD

The original animated movies genuinely messed with me as a kid. I had erased it from my memory- couldn't even recall the name, until now. Thanks for making me remember. My day is ruined and I hope your shoes always have a random tiny rock in them. I'm joking, i hope that is obvious. Tasty video, I liked it.

I had this movie as a child and i liked a lot for some reason, what brushed me in the weird way is how random the movie's plot and all was even when i was younger